My enormous trauma!

[PaulB]

Jeez Paul - what a frightening nightmare for you and your family! So glad to hear that you're making a stunningly good recovery.

Stay well.

Thanks everyone. My sense of smell is perfectly alright and I hope to see you before the end of the year round Yorkshire, Alun and thanks for your gratitude Goo! I'm feeling quite a bit better but have a build-up of anxiety and feel a bit of nausea a couple of times a day.

 

[BigonaBianchi]

Not good. i wish you well

 

[thegrumpybiker]

A friend of mine passed out whilst taking a shower a few years ago. Turned out to be a brain haemorrhage. It was touch and go for about a week whether he'd survive. He pulled through and seems to be pretty much fully recovered now.
Best of luck on getting through this.

 

[PaulB]

A friend of mine passed out whilst taking a shower a few years ago. Turned out to be a brain haemorrhage. It was touch and go for about a week whether he'd survive. He pulled through and seems to be pretty much fully recovered now.
Best of luck on getting through this.

Hey, thanks. The neurologist who I saw today reckons there may be a threat of periodic epileptic fits resulting from the damage to the brain. He also reckons there must be fully six weeks to ensure the calcium in the skull is fully repaired before the fullest benefits can be obvious.

 

[vbc]

Paul, I suffered two haematomas in my skull after my accident and had my driving licence suspended for a year because of the risk of fitting - never had a problem though and hope that you don't either. Hope your skull heals well too, mine is 'dented' now with a large hand sized portion fractured and out of place but, hey ho!

All the best.

 

[postman]

All thew best for a quick recovery .

 

[PaulB]

Paul, I suffered two haematomas in my skull after my accident and had my driving licence suspended for a year because of the risk of fitting -

All the best.

Thanks, VBC. My licence is suspended also because of that but I have to write that there is no depression that can be seen or felt so I'm hopeful this may change by Wednesday of next week when I see the consultant neurosurgeon from Preston.

 

[Kirstie]

I only just read this - I hope that you have a full and speedy recovery PaulB, and best wishes to your family too.

 

[alecstilleyedye]

glad you're on the mend. hope you're back in the saddle soon. keep us posted…

 

[HLaB]

Holy sh1t PaulB, get well soon!

 

[Scoosh]

A double-whammy we can all do without .

Best wishes for a full recovery and, once you start planning the new bike, we'll know you're doing fine .

Take care and Well Done to all involved, including the family (and senders) for arranging/sending all those Get Well cards.

 

[Wigsie]

I only just read this - I hope that you have a full and speedy recovery PaulB, and best wishes to your family too.

+1 Sounds like your doing well though Paul!

 

[Keith Oates]

I've also only now seen this PaulB and it is not nice to read of the accident, hope all goes well and you'll be fully recovered in the very near future!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[PaulB]

I'd like to seriously thank everyone on here who's passed me good wishes. While I was unconscious and in some considerable danger, my wife's mother got her church to have mass and pray for me! I have a Californian friend who's just informed me that he has asked his church to say prayers over there so there's quite a bit of attention which is very gratifying to me.

On the fitness side, I have been up to my local gym where I go on a static bike with a DVD screen which allows you to race or ride against CGI created characters over interesting courses. I choose a medium course and ride over about half an hour. Walking back from the gym after a session makes me feel incredibly good so it's obvious that fitness is slowly coming back and these sessions are always tremendously beneficial (provided you don't over-do them!)

My consultant told me that my residual fitness has had an enormously beneficial assistance in helping me neutralise the damage and put me on the road to recovery. This made me think that most (if not all) of you cyclists on here will have your level of activity be superbly helpful to you in case of any unfortunate accidents.

 

[thegrumpybiker]

On the fitness side, I have been up to my local gym where I go on a static bike with a DVD screen which allows you to race or ride against CGI created characters over interesting courses.

Sounds fun, do they have a special "misanthrope" setting where you can dent close overtakers' cars and remonstrate with lemming peds?
Here's wishing you a speedy recovery, again.